Wednesday, July 07, 1999
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GOING OUT
• Club concerts today:
• Foxy Brown plays Bogart's in Corryville, 8 p.m. $19. 281-8400.
• At Annie's in Columbia Tusculum, it's Nevermore, Kunfind and Estuary of Calamity. Doors open at 8 p.m. $8. 321-0220.
• LaRosa's Party in the Park: 5:30-9 p.m. today, Yeatman's Cove, downtown. Music by Marsha Brady. 579-3191.
• National Recreation and Parks Month: Celebrate with the Cincinnati Recreation Commission today on Fountain Square. Entertainment, booths and activities, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 352-1619.
STAYING IN
• TV picks: Spend a summer evening strolling down the midway of Cedar Point Memories (8 p.m., Channel 48) and HersheyPark: Sweet Memories (9 p.m., Channel 48).
• TV Critic John Kiesewetter will be taping the WKRP in Cincinnati marathon (9 p.m.-1 a.m., Nick at Nite) to see former Reds manager Sparky Anderson's brief stint as a sportscaster (10:30) and God talking to Dr. Johnny Fever (11:30).
THE GOODS
(What's in stores today)
• On disc: July's record releases start off in a nostalgic mood, as the week's biggest releases feature three late, lamented stars — Jimi Hendrix, reggae master Peter Tosh and Jerry Garcia with the Grateful Dead.
• Live at Woodstock (MCA; $21.99 CDs; $13.99 cassette) is a two-CD collection that includes five previously unreleased songs from Jimi Hendrix's festival finale.
• Scrolls of the Prophets: The Best of Peter Tosh (Columbia/Legacy; $11.99 CD; $7.99 cassette) is part of the reissue label's rollout of the former Wailer's complete Columbia recordings, which also includes expanded versions of Equal Rights and Legalize It bolstered by rare tracks.
• Dick's Picks, Vol. 14 (Grateful Dead; $23.50 CDs only) is the latest — and the longest — reissue of classic Dead shows. The performances date from 1973 and a three-night stand at the intimate Boston Music Hall in the series' first four-disc set (Orders: (800) 225-3323).
• On the classical front, composer John Corigliano's symphonic soundtrack for Francois Girard's The Red Violin (showing at the Esquire Theater) is an evocative and rare treat. On the album (Sony Classical; $17.99), Indiana violinist Joshua Bell performs an extended fantasy for violin with the Philharmonia Orchestra under the superb direction of Esa-Pekka Salonen.
• Pinheads: The Reds' Barry Larkin is a Pinhead. So is Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa and other Major League Baseball and World Championship Wrestling stars. Aimed at kids, Pinheads are collectible lapel pins ($2.99) now in stores, including the Wal-Mart on Fields Ertel Road in Symmes Township. Mr. Larkin, alas, is not wearing the new Reds ball cap.
PLANNING AHEAD
• A day away: Thursday, the Cincinnati Opera Summer Festival presents The Turn of the Screw, 8 p.m., Music Hall. Performance repeats 8 p.m. Saturday. $12-$80. 721-8222.
• 48 hours out: The Seventh Annual Queen City Blues Fest '99 opens a two-day run Friday at Sawyer Point, downtown. Featuring some of the top regional and national blues acts, it's one if the best free shows of the year.
• Also 48 hours out: WB64 kicks off its free summer film series Friday with A Bug's Life, starting at dark, Seasongood Pavilion in Eden Park. Part of Free Friday Flicks. 641-4400.
• 72 hours 'til Saturday: Head to Indianapolis' Deer Creek Music Center for Motley Crue, Scorpions and Noise Therapy, 7 p.m. $15-$37.50. 562-4949.
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